Kim Zolciak finally reveals it was HER dog Sinn that mauled son Kash causing him to almost go BLIND... as she explains why they KEPT the canine

Kim Zolciak's son Kash nearly went blind in one eye in April when he was bitten by a dog.

The Real Housewives Of Atlanta star refused to name the dog or reveal who owned it in subsequent interviews. It almost seemed as if the blonde TV star couldn't name the pooch for legal reasons as it seemed a lawsuit might erupt from the attack.

But on Thursday the Georgia resident finally revealed to People that it was her very own dog Sinn - a husky-boxer mix - that did the damage, which comes as a shock to fans.

She came clean: In a new episode of Don't Be Tardy, Kim Zolciak reveals her son Kash was bitten by their very own dog; here she is seen on November 2 in Atlanta

Kash needed several surgeries to get better and is now 95 percent healed.

The couple also explained what happened in an episode of their TV show Don't Be Tardy that airs Friday.

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'Our dog Sinn is heavily, heavily trained. Kash is his favorite. It made absolutely no sense to any of us. This is nothing I ever thought I’d be dealing with in my life,' she explained.

The damage: Kash needed several surgeries to get better and is now 95 percent healed

Kim revealed that Kash and Sinn were playing outside their Atlanta-area mansion when the incident occurred,

Also there was her son KJ, aged six.

Her husband Kroy Biermann, a former football star, was using a leaf blower to clean the yard.

The pooch: It was her very own dog Sinn - a husky-boxer mix - that did the damage, which comes as a shock to fans

And they kept him: The family decided to not let Sinn go after they realized it was not an attack but rather a bite; now they keep a closer eye on him

Baby Sinn: They rescued the puppy when he was very young

And they think that may have set off the canine.

'Sinn doesn’t like the blower, so he's already in high alert,' said Kroy, 32.

He also went into great detail about what happened after the attack.

The dogs used to always run free: Here one of her six kids is seen with one of their many dogs at their Georgia mansion

So much love:Kim and husband Kroy have said that Kash was always very close to Sinn

'My back was to the dogs and the boys. I hear Kash be loud, and then I hear barking. And then I hear Kash screaming, he’s crying very loud,' he relayed.

'At that point I think he’s scared, but then I realize Sinn bit Kash. He’s dripping blood everywhere on his shirt.

'He pulls his hands down and there’s multiple lacerations, I can’t see his eye. I knew it was a very dire emergency.'

Kroy - who wed Kim in 2011 - has had a hard time dealing with the attack.

Scary: The child was in the hospital for several days and they did not know if he was going to be blind in one eye

Lucky: They also took time out to thank Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta as well as Dr Jerry E Berland at Thomas Eye Group, Chief of Plastic Surgery at CHOA Dr Joseph K Williams and Gabe Reinlieb at Tenacity Dog Training

'It’s a process every day. Being right there, it was just wrong place, wrong time, wrong circumstances. The perfect storm. Had one thing been different, it wouldn’t have happened. You try to say, "What would I have done differently?" And there are a lot of things... but you can’t change any of it. You just have to learn from it and grow from it.'

He said the pain was intense.

'There are no words to describe something like this. I just pray that any parent out there does not have to go through anything traumatic like it. It’s just a horrible feeling to have to go through.'

Kim, 39, said the experience was horrific with the dog scratch a millimeter away from his eye. 'It was a like a bad dream,' she said. Kash was in the hospital for four days.

After the attack Sinn’s trainer came to the house and removed the dog. Kroy wanted the dog, that they had owned since a puppy, out of their home for good. 'I hated Sinn,' he said. 'I genuinely felt a deep rage for what he had done to my son.

All six kids: Kim has two daughters from a previous relationship and four kids with Kroy

'Sinn was always a good dog, extremely obedient and protective and not at all aggressive. He’s hyper-active and hyper-sensitive but wants to work and loves to be commanded.

'I love my dog, and nothing like this had ever happened to me before. But it’s my son. I don’t love anything more than my flesh and blood. I thought, "I don’t want to see the dog — he doesn’t get a second chance."'

'Sinn and Kash have been best friends since the day we got Sinn,' Kim said.

'Kash is an absolute animal lover, and Sinn is definitely his favorite, without a shadow of a doubt. That’s why it was extra hard.'

'I genuinely felt a deep rage for what Sinn had done to my son, but Kash loves him,' Kroy added.

They have made some changes: The reality TV stars are a lot more cautious with their animals. Kroy said it was a very scary experience for them all

'We didn’t want him to live a life with a phobia of dogs. We wanted him to understand it wasn’t his fault.'

Kash had also asked to see Sinn even when he was in the hospital.

What made the Biermanns decide to keep the dog was when they learned from several specialists that Kash had been bitten and not attacked. 'That was a turning point for me,' Kim said.

'It was not an attack — he nipped at Kash’s face in an attempt to communicate with Kash. Not that that is an excuse. But he took off running. It wasn’t as if he was attacking. Sinn knew he had done wrong.'

Still with his bruise: 'If Kash ever looked at me and said that he didn’t want to be around Sinn or showed any hesitation, then he wouldn’t be here,' Kim added. 'We love Sinn, he’s part of our family, but our children will always come first without a doubt'

'If Kash ever looked at me and said that he didn’t want to be around Sinn or showed any hesitation, then he wouldn’t be here,' Kim added.

'We love Sinn, he’s part of our family, but our children will always come first without a doubt.'

The changes they've made with Sinn is they lock his crate at night, he is watched when he is out (and wears a muzz), and he only gets to run free in a 400 sq foot dog run they built in the backyard for him.

They also took time out to thank Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta as well as Dr Jerry E Berland at Thomas Eye Group, Chief of Plastic Surgery at CHOA Dr Joseph K Williams and Gabe Reinlieb at Tenacity Dog Training.

'I honestly don’t know what we would of done without them,' Kim said.

Don’t Be Tardy airs Fridays (9 p.m. ET) on Bravo.

Tough: Kim, 39, said the experience was horrific with the dog scratch a millimeter away from his eye. 'It was a like a bad dream,' she said. Here she is seen in October